PG&E gave customers refunds this year after it paid less than expected for power from natural gas-fired plants. It is also seeking to build a pipeline from Oregon to California in order to import more natural gas from foreign sources, promising "price stability."

However, the company has already suggested that even higher bills are in store in asking the state's utility commission to consider allowing further rate increases in the coming years.

Jackson West would not recommend pissing off the hydroponic hippies in the Emerald Triangle who live right next to the proposed gas pipeline.